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[Confused]: ???
[Pardon]: Did anyone else hear what he just said?
[ReadingComp]: Is there sothing wrong with my reading comprehension? I understand every individual word, but when you put them together they make absolutely no sense.
[NoNo]: NO! Not this! Not the thing where a free ga turns into a pay-to-win nightmare! NOT THIS!
[Defense]: Can you people be less selfish for once? Max needs to eat too, okay? It's already incredibly generous that he let us play such a high-quality ga completely free for this long.
[Whale]: Exactly! We big spenders have been wanting to throw money at this ga, but there's literally nowhere to spend it!
As soon as Max made the announcent, the chat imdiately beca polarized, with a significant portion of players vehently opposing any form of monetization.
It wasn't that they simply wanted to freeload forever—it was that so many gas had set terrible precedents over the years.
Gas that started out amazing, but the second they added microtransactions, they transford into predatory garbage.
Everyone had gathered in this livestream because they genuinely loved Holy Grail War, so naturally they didn't want to see it go down that sa destructive path that had killed so many good gas before it.
So while frantically typing chat ssages trying to persuade Max to reconsider, countless donation notifications simultaneously swept across the livestream.
They were hoping this imdiate show of financial support would convince Max that he didn't need to implent aggressive monetization—that they'd willingly support him through reasonable ans.
Seeing this reaction, Max didn't continue to push their panic buttons. After clearing his throat lightly, he continued:
"Don't worry—I completely understand all your concerns and fears.
I'll give you my word right here, right now: I will absolutely never release any items in the ga that can only be obtained through real money purchases. Ever.
The monetization system is essentially designed to serve players who don't want to grind for resources or don't have the ti to farm.
So please, let explain the actual update content before you panic.
First, we're adding a Spiritron Dress system to the in-ga shop.
This system allows your Servants to wear modern clothing—basically costic skins and alternate outfits.
The purchase requirents are exactly the sa as buying Holy Relics or upgrading your own character: one Holy Grail per Servant outfit.
I guarantee—and I an guarantee—that the only currencies in this ga will be Holy Grails and holy grail fragnts. A third premium currency will absolutely not appear. Full stop.
At the sa ti, we're opening up the Ranked Mode system for multiplayer and significantly increasing point acquisition rates.
For a limited ti of one month, the top ten players in the points leaderboard will beco internal beta testers and get early access to upcoming new content for Holy Grail War.
In ranked mode, each player can only carry one Holy Relic before entering a match—to keep things balanced and skill-based.
Finally, there's the brand new story mode: Fate/Apocrypha.
In this story mode, the Holy Grail War format completely changes. It's no longer a free-for-all battle between seven individuals. Instead, it's a 7v7 team battle format.
Of course, the actual 7v7 multiplayer PvP content is still in active developnt, and we ask for your continued patience and support.
As for the remaining optimizations and quality-of-life improvents, I'll personally log in right now and demonstrate them one by one in real-ti for everyone watching.
Oh, and one more thing—the new version is available for download right now. I've already pushed the update live to the website."
Players don't actually hate monetization systems as a concept. What they truly hate are those unscrupulous ga developers who deliberately design pay-to-win systems that force players to spend money just to remain competitive.
And that fundantal feeling of inequality.
That's the real issue. Although a ga's primary revenue cos from whales and big spenders, the actual community health and activity cos from the free-to-play majority. Everyone's human, and nobody wants to be treated like a second-class citizen just because they can't or won't spend money.
So although Max had opened up a monetization channel, he'd deliberately kept a viable path forward for free players.
Because Holy Grails could be earned through ranked mode completion and story mode progression—not locked behind a paywall.
And the pricing for costic skins was affordable enough that even F2P players could reasonably save up for their favorites.
As a result, players wouldn't have legitimate objections.
In fact, at so point down the line, so free players would probably transition into paying custors voluntarily, just to get that one skin they really wanted for their favorite Servant.
[Skins]: Holy shit, are we getting SKIN SALES?!
[Approve]: This costic model is perfect! If it's really like this, I have absolutely zero objections! I want to buy cute outfits for my wife Artoria!
[Question]: But wait, can't you already change clothes directly in the base ga?
[Different]: The premium skins have gotta be different sohow! Like, can you make your Servant wear a swimsuit? Max, I'm not asking for much—please just release swimsuits ASAP!
[March]: Swimsuits in March? That's quite the lifestyle you're living.
[Buying]: I'll buy it! I'll buy whatever! Just hurry up and give Achilles's muscle tank outfit! Or better yet, the full 300-style Spartan warrior set! The second it drops, I'm buying it!
[SugarBaby]: Rich sister, can you financially support ? I'm very good at scrubbing pots and pans.
[Snipe]: WAIT! Max is about to jump into multiplayer! Everyone log in RIGHT NOW! Let's coordinate a mass sniping event!
[Denominator]: Damn it, do we really need more people making the queue harder?
The chat scrolled at breakneck speed, and Max pulled out his VR headset and initiated the connection sequence.
"Link start," he said with a slight smile.
The mont he did, the livestream's viewer count sharply decreased as thousands of people simultaneously closed the stream to launch the ga themselves.
That's right—everyone was rushing to snipe Max in-ga.
This had beco an incredibly popular streaming tradition over the years.
Just like how, several years back, a ga called Life and Death 2 had spawned the legendary "Jay Chou Sniping Night" phenonon, where thousands of players coordinated to hunt down the famous singer in-ga.
Although it made the strear's experience absolutely miserable—basically like being in competitive prison—the entertainnt value was excellent, and player engagent hit maximum levels.
At the sa ti, these players wanted Max to experience the harsh reality of online gaming. To understand what it felt like to get absolutely destroyed by random strangers.
And coordinating this assault weren't just regular players—several big-na strears had joined the hunt as well.
For example, Maverick. The mont Max announced the update was live, Maverick imdiately started downloading it.
Thanks to his absurdly high-speed fiber connection, he managed to enter the VR world at almost the exact sa ti as Max.
And as the black loading screen faded away...
The brand-new opening cinematic and updated soundtrack made Maverick's entire audience absolutely lose their minds.
Especially the scene that appeared next, which made many longti viewers who'd watched every single one of Maverick's streams let out genuine gasps of surprise and emotion.
Upon that cursed hill covered in mountains of corpses and seas of spilled blood...
Upon that terrible mound ford by piled-up knight bodies, their armor rusted and broken...
Artoria stood alone, her golden hair flowing freely in the wind like a banner of tragedy.
As the strands swayed in the bitter breeze, her face remained shadowed and indistinct. She stared intently at the dark storm clouds gathering overhead, destined to fall and wash away everything.
Her voice carried imnse, crushing loneliness as she whispered:
"Again... I'm back here again."
Camlann Hill. The place of Arthur's end. The site of Britain's fall.
The mont this cinematic scene appeared, many viewers who felt deep sympathy for Artoria's tragic story couldn't help but feel their throats tighten with emotion, their eyes beginning to sting.
But the accompanying music transford that sadness into sothing else entirely—an indescribable sense of epicness, destiny, and beautiful tragedy all woven together.
"Welco to your life~"
The absolutely cinematic visuals, combined with the hauntingly perfect musical choice, gave many viewers an imdiate emotional rush within just the first five seconds.
It was the kind of opening that grabbed you by the throat and demanded your attention.
However, if the cara could have sohow focused on Max's face at that precise mont—cut away from the ga to show his real-world reaction—everyone might have been genuinely surprised to discover that Max seed completely unable to maintain his usual composure.
His eyes were wide. His mouth slightly open. His entire expression scread: "Wait, WHAT?!"
That's right.
If there happened to be another transmigrator in the audience—soone who'd seen the legendary fan-made video "Modern Holy Grail War" on YouTube in their previous life—they would probably show the exact sa shocked, disbelieving expression that Max was displaying right now.
Because Max recognized this opening.
He knew this video.
And he definitely hadn't made it himself.
Which ant the system had pulled it from sowhere.
Oh shit, Max thought, his heart racing. Oh shit oh shit oh shit—
[MaverickFan]: Holy crap, this opening cinematic is INSANE!
[Emotional]: I'm not crying, you're crying!
[Music]: What's this song? I need the full track RIGHT NOW!
[Artoria]: My poor king... she deserves better...
[Hype]: This is already better than most AAA ga cinematics!
[Question]: Wait, did Max make this himself? The production quality is CRAZY high!
Max's mind raced as the cinematic continued to play, trying to figure out how to explain this without revealing that he had a literal god-tier cheat system.
Yeah, he thought sarcastically to himself. This is going exactly as planned.
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